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| View Article | 7:01 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | WTTW | Tech Group Sues Chicago Over First in the Nation Social Media Tax | https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/13/tech-group-sues-chicago-over-first-nation-social-media-tax | A tech industry trade association sued the city of Chicago Friday in an effort to block a first-of-its-kind tax on social media companies, records show. NetChoice, a trade association representing the tech industry, [ filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court ][1] to block the Social Media Amusement Tax included … |
| View Article | 7:01 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | NBC Local | How to get TSA PreCheck: Steps to take as long security lines persist at US airports | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-to-get-tsa-precheck-steps-to-take-as-long-security-lines-persist-at-us-airports/3908884/ | Spring break travel across much of the country has increased congestion at airports already experiencing long security lines as a result of the partial government shutdown. Adding to the problem, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the U.S. The … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Metra train hits, kills pedestrian on Chicago’s West Side, delays expected, officials say | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/metra-train-hits-kills-pedestrian-chicago-3-16 | ![Metra train hits, kills pedestrian on Chicago’s West Side, delays expected, officials say][7] #### [ Metra train hits, kills pedestrian on Chicago’s West Side, delays expected, officials say ][8] A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train on Chicago's West Side on Monday afternoon. #### The Brief * … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Divvy rates rise in Chicago as city promises more stations and rider perks in 2026 | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/divvy-rates-rise-chicago-more-stations-rider-perks-2026 | ![Divvy rates rise in Chicago as city promises more stations and rider perks in 2026][1] #### [ Divvy rates rise in Chicago as city promises more stations and rider perks in 2026 ][2] City leaders and Lyft say Divvy will stay affordable for many riders in 2026 even as new … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Adultos mayores de Chicago en alto riesgo de perder asistencia alimentaria de SNAP con nuevos requisitos laborales | https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2026/03/16/adultos-mayores-de-chicago-en-alto-riesgo-de-perder-asistencia-alimentaria-de-snap-con-nuevos-requisitos-laborales | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][28] * [ Facebook ][29] * [ Bluesky ][30] * [ Email ][31] * [ Reddit ][32] * [ Flipboard ][33] [ ![][34] ][35] El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Ernie Uribe ha pasado … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Startup Yourco gets $6 million investment to expand workforce communication technology | https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2026/03/16/startup-yourco-6-million-investment-workforce-communication-technology | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][20] * [ Facebook ][21] * [ Bluesky ][22] * [ Email ][23] * [ Reddit ][24] * [ Flipboard ][25] Chicago tech startup Yourco received a $6 million investment in its platform that lets organizations use text messages to … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Hit a breaking point? Chicago Heights 'rage room' lets visitors smash plates, printers for a fee | https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2026/03/16/breaking-point-chicago-heights-rage-room-visitors-smash-plates-printers-fee | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][11] * [ Facebook ][12] * [ Bluesky ][13] * [ Email ][14] * [ Reddit ][15] * [ Flipboard ][16] Breaking Point Rage Room’s first client was a young mother, who arrived crying with her baby. She left her … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Federal judge extends order blocking Trump admin's cuts to Illinois public health funding | https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/03/16/federal-judge-block-illinois-public-health-funding-cuts | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] A federal judge in Chicago has extended an order blocking the Trump administration from cutting $600 million in public … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | CBS Local | Joliet City Council to discuss plans for Illinois' largest data center | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/joliet-city-council-meeting-illinois-largest-data-center/ | A vote on Monday night from the Joliet City Council could pave the way for the state's largest data center. The center would be built just outside of Joliet city limits at the intersection of Rowell and Bernhard roads. HW Technology Park Development LLC is seeking an annexation and development … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | CBS Local | Operation BBQ Relief serving up hope as Aroma Park residents recover from EF-3 tornado | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/operation-bbq-relief-kankakee-county-illinois-ef-3-tornado-recovery/ | Nearly a week after a [ tornado ravaged Kankakee County ][1] , Illinois, help continues to pour in. One multi-agency resource center is now set up after moving into a church in Aroma Park, as nonprofits have rolled in from all over the Midwest. The local forest preserve office is … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | block-club-chicago | 4 Remaining Broadview Protesters Charged With Conspiracy Ask Judge To Toss Case | https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/16/4-remaining-broadview-protesters-charged-with-conspiracy-ask-judge-to-toss-case/ | CHICAGO — The remaining defendants facing federal criminal conspiracy charges related to a September protest at the Broadview immigration facility are asking a judge to drop the case on First Amendment grounds. Catherine Sharp, Jocelyn Walsh, Kat Abughazaleh, Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin and Brian Straw [ were each charged with … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Cook County Board President Preckwinkle and challenger Ald. Reilly make final appeals to voters | https://abc7chicago.com/post/toni-preckwinkle-brendan-reilly-cook-county-board-president-ald-make-final-appeals-voters-before-illinois-election-day/18722226/ | CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle spent some of her last remaining hours before Election Day with voters in West Pullman and the south suburbs. She did a quick chant and posed with Percy Julian High Schools students, who are about to vote for the first time. … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Last protester in immigration detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released | https://abc7.com/post/leqaa-kordia-columbia-protester-released-ice-detention-year-custody-following-trump-campus-crackdown/18722445/ | NEW YORK -- A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists was released Monday after a year in custody, according to her lawyers. Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Trump's new plan to attack cartels with military force | https://abc7chicago.com/post/team-investigates-shield-americas-donald-trumps-new-plan-attack-drug-cartels-military-force/18722527/ | CHICAGO (WLS) -- The U.S. [ is at war with Iran ][5] . There are new warnings from the FBI on possible Iranian retaliatory attacks to the U.S. homeland. Now, President Donald Trump is calling for the use of more lethal military force, this time on transnational drug cartels. But … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Family of Rev. Jackson retracts his 'endorsement' of Stratton; poll shows neck-and-neck Senate race | https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-election-2026-family-rev-jesse-jackson-retracts-endorsement-juliana-stratton-polls-show-close-senate-race/18722230/ | CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new poll in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race shows that this contest for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin's seat could be a very close one, with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton neck-and-neck on the eve of the Democratic primary election. "Well, I'm just … |
| View Article | 7 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | CWB Chicago | Man who offered to sell drugs on Facebook gets caught in undercover federal sting: complaint | https://cwbchicago.com/2026/03/man-who-offered-to-sell-drugs-on-facebook-gets-caught-in-undercover-federal-sting-complaint.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-who-offered-to-sell-drugs-on-facebook-gets-caught-in-undercover-federal-sting-complaint | ![][1] _(Image: FBI Chicago Division/Instagram)_ A Chicago man is facing a federal drug distribution charge for repeatedly selling fentanyl and heroin to an undercover agent in Bucktown, the South Loop, and East Garfield Park between last summer and early this year, according to a criminal complaint. Kevin McMullen, 37, also … |
| View Article | 5:01 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | WTTW | Anjanette Young, 5 Others Nominated to Fill 3 Vacant Seats on CPD Oversight Board | https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/12/anjanette-young-5-others-nominated-fill-3-vacant-seats-cpd-oversight-board | Anjanette Young, a social worker who was handcuffed while naked during a botched 2019 Chicago Police Department raid, is among six nominees to fill three vacant seats on the city’s police oversight board, officials announced Thursday. Young has worked for more than six years to force CPD to change the … |
| View Article | 5:01 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | WTTW | Mayor Brandon Johnson Meets With Men in Prison Working Toward Northwestern University Degrees | https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-meets-men-prison-working-toward-northwestern-university-degrees | For the past three weeks, Northwestern University student Anthony Ehlers has been painting a portrait of Mayor Brandon Johnson. Ehlers has been working on the painting, which depicts the mayor signing an executive order concerning the National Guard, in anticipation of Johnson’s visit on Sunday to Sheridan Correctional Center, where … |
| View Article | 5:01 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | WBEZ | The Rundown: Federal support for Great Lakes carp plan | https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2026/03/16/the-rundown-federal-support-for-great-lakes-carp-plan | _Good afternoon! It’s Monday, and we’ve got another week of_ [ __typical March weather_ _ ][4] _on deck. Here’s what else you need to know today._ [ **_1\. Gov. Pritzker wants funds flowing for a Great Lakes carp plan after Trump heaped praise on a project he paused_ ** ][5] … |
| View Article | 5:01 p.m. | March 16, 2026 | WBEZ | Mayor Brandon Johnson meets with men in prison working toward Northwestern University degrees | https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2026/03/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-meets-with-men-in-prison-working-toward-northwestern-university-degrees | For the past three weeks, Northwestern University student Anthony Ehlers has been painting a portrait of Mayor Brandon Johnson. Ehlers has been working on the painting, which depicts the mayor signing an executive order concerning the National Guard, in anticipation of Johnson’s visit on Sunday to Sheridan Correctional Center, where … |